President Donald Trump's administration violated federal law in the use of National Guard troops during Southern California immigration enforcement operations and accompanying protests, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco did not require the remaining troops to be withdrawn, however. He set his order to go into effect on Friday.

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The decision was handed down after a bench trial before U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco, where attorneys delivered arguments over whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it activated thousands of National Guard members and U.S. Marines in response to immigration enforcement operation protests.

The protests, s

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